Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26516813-20190409183852/@comment-7515480-20191201141601

If DMC5 proved anything is that Nero can't carry this franchise. They did their damnedest to force and shoehorn him into nearly every important scene and he still ended up being outshined by Dante and Vergil. If you try too hard to dictate to the audience who your protagonist is supposed to be and the supporting characters are still the ones who end up stealing the spotlight, maybe you're just doing something wrong by trying to force that character on the audience.

I agree the gender of the main character is of no relevance, I responded to a claim that we need a female protagonist when we don't, we need good and memorable characters as you mentioned.